A police official quoted by AP said a passenger aboard the flight found "a stopwatch mounted on a box" in the toilet and reported the suspicious device to the crew. The plane that originally took off from Mauritius was then slowly taken to the ground in Mombasa, Kenya, and the passengers were evacuated.

Some news agencies originally reported that the device was confirmed as a bomb, but it's now been officially called a fake. BBC News reports that the device was made out of a carton, paper and a some type of kitchen timer.

As you probably don't need to be reminded, this is happening just over a month after the horrific attacks that shocked the world.

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Ask The Big Question: Can we ever be 100% sure that every airport, including the one in Mauritius that this plane took off from, has adequate security?

Disrupt Your Feed: This is the last thing France needs right now.

Drop This Fact: This is the third Air France plane to have been diverted recently.